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Messiah of Evil ()

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A young woman goes searching for her missing artist father. Her journey takes her to a strange Californian seaside town governed by a mysterious undead cult.
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Thom
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Arletty (as Mariana Hill)
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Toni
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Laura
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Joseph Lang
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Charlie
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Gas Attendant
Bennie Robinson ...
Albino Trucker
Morgan Fisher ...
Canrobert Galleries Art Dealer
Emma Truckman ...
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Dyanne Asimow ...
Unknown (as Dyanne Simon)
Herb Margolis ...
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Alex Michaels ...
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Stabbing Victim in Prologue
Laurie Charlap-Hyman ...
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Bill Norton ...
(as B.W.L. Norton)
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Zombie in Car (uncredited)
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Ticket Booth Zombie (uncredited)
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Supermarket Zombie (uncredited)

Directed by

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Willard Huyck ... (directed by)
Gloria Katz ... (uncredited)

Written by

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Willard Huyck ... (screenplay) and
Gloria Katz ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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James P. Graham ... administrative executive producer
Alan R. Howard ... associate producer
Willard Huyck ... producer (uncredited)
Gloria Katz ... producer (produced by)
Alan Riche ... executive producer

Music by

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Phillan Bishop ... (electronic music by)

Cinematography by

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Stephen M. Katz ... director of photography (as Stephen Katz)

Editing by

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Scott Conrad ... film editor

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Morgan Fisher ... associate editor
John Simons ... assistant editor
Billy Weber ... associate editor (as William Weber)

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Jack Fisk ... (as Jack Fiske)
Joan Mocine

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Bud Miller ... makeup artist (as Budd Miller)

Production Management

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R.J. Louis ... production manager (as R. J. Louis)
Ray Nadeau ... post-production supervisor (as Raymond Nadeau)

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Alan R. Howard ... assistant director (as Alan Howard)

Sound Department

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Michael Katz ... boom-man
Gilbert D. Marchant ... sound effects (as Gil Marchant)
Alex Vanderkar ... production sound

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Buddy Joe Hooker ... stunts (uncredited)

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Ron Batzdorff ... still photographer
Sean Doyle ... assistant cameraman
Judy Fiskin ... still photographer
James F. Huyck ... grip
Mark Hyer ... gaffer
Jack Swain ... assistant cameraman (as John Swain)
Paul Tampourlos ... key grip
Randall Robinson ... gaffer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Rosanna Norton ... wardrobe
Jodie Lynn Tillen ... wardrobe (as Jodie Tillen)

Script and Continuity Department

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John Dorr ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Charlotte Jupiter ... production assistant
Candace Lawrence ... assistant to producer
Cheryl R. Stein ... production assistant (as Cheryl Stein)
Victoria Swain ... production assistant
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Plot Summary

After losing contact with her artist father, Arletty travels to the west coast. Though she doesn't find him, she meets Thom, an odd wealthy man who's travelling with 2 lovers, Toni and Laura, to meet her father. She reads his diary and realises there's something strange with the residents of this California town. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Taglines Terror you won't want to remember - In a film you won't be able to forget. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Return of the Living Dead (United States)
  • Revenge of the Screaming Dead (United States)
  • Messiah of Evil: The Second Coming (United States)
  • Dead People (United States)
  • El mesías del mal (United States, Spanish title)
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  • 90 min
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Trivia Many of the extras in the film were unemployed NASA workers. See more »
Goofs Bennie Robinson's character mispronounces the name Richard Wagner (see trivia). See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Cent une tueries de zombies (2012). See more »
Soundtracks Hold On To Love See more »
Quotes Charlie: I'm as old as the hills. Mama delivered me herself. She took me from between her legs, bloody little mess. She's about to feed me to the chickens. And daddy said, "Maybe we could use a boy lottie." That's how I came into the world.
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